seismic

Example Sentences

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The Myanmar event stood out because its fault geometry removed many of the complications that typically obscure how seismic energy moves through the Earth.

From Science Daily

Even though the inner core is solid, it behaves like a softened metal, slowing seismic shear waves and displaying a Poisson's ratio more similar to butter than to steel.

From Science Daily

Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and raising fears that more seismic events may be on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times

It was not the seismic shock it might once have been when Slot dropped him to the bench for the 2-0 win at West Ham United.

From BBC

Its tumble of white plaster forms — cubes, cylinders, sweeping curves — seem to freeze mid-collision, as if the gallery had been torn apart by seismic forces.

From Los Angeles Times